San Diego Bomb Threats & Scares

Title:
Bomb Threat Puts Steele Canyon High School In Lockdown Date: September 27, 2010Source:East County Magazine

Abstract: Steele Canyon High School has been placed in
lockdown due to a suspicious package delivered this morning, ECM has
learned. The package was delivered via Federal
Express. According to 10 News and an ECM source close to the
investigation, the package was addressed to a child of Connie Hoagland,
the woman injured in last week's pipe bomb explosion outside a Rancho San Diego
daycare center where she worked.

Highway 94 in the
vicinity of the school has also been shut down as bomb squad officials examine
the package; officials have also asked that air space be cleared over the
school (East County
Magazine, 2010).

Abstract: San Diego State students, faculty and staff were
blocked from areas around the trolley station for almost three hours while the
San Diego State University (SDSU) Police Department investigated an
undisclosed, suspicious package which was later deemed nonthreatening.

At approximately 1:40
p.m. an emergency alert was made on campus loudspeakers advising people to
avoid the Transit Center, Aztec Center and the Adams Humanities building. Those
areas had been evacuated prior to the announcement.

Security personnel
and caution tape surrounding the entire area blocked people from passing
through. When students approached the security, they were told that the area
would be closed until further notice because of a potential bomb threat.

SDSU police say the
suspicious package was found by one of the trolley security members.

“There was a piece of
luggage located on the mezzanine level of the trolley station at SDSU,” San
Diego State Police Capt. Lamine Secka said. “After the San Diego Fire
Department Metro Arson Strike Team evaluated it, it was determined to be
non-explosive and safe to transport, although there was a chemical detected. Further
initial investigation revealed it to be a substance similar to modeling clay
and epoxy…It was rendered safe and the trolley station has since been
reopened.”

During the evacuation
and investigation many students on campus had to find alternative routes to get
to their cars, residence halls or homes.

“(Shortly after 1
p.m.) we were told that our store was on lockdown. Then (SDSU police) came in,
evacuated our store, we had to stop serving everybody and get everybody out,”
Jennifer Stangl, an employee of Starbucks in Aztec Center, told East County
Magazine.

Still in uniforms,
Stangl and several other employees of Starbucks and the Aztec Center food court
were gathered at East Commons food court for over an hour, waiting for
information and wondering whether they would be returning to work or not.

“Some people were off
work and their stuff is still in the store so they can’t leave,” Stangl said.
“(One employee) doesn’t have her keys. I don’t have a car and I was going to
take the trolley home, so now I have to find a ride home.

Secka says it was
just about 4 p.m. when the caution tapes were removed. At approximately 4:23
p.m. another announcement was made on campus loudspeakers declaring that the
emergency was over.

The SDSU Police
Department has not yet determined who the package belongs to and is still
investigating. According to Secka, there were no injuries (East County Magazine, 2010).

Title:
Suspicious Package Turns Out To Be Canned Salmon
Date: November 23, 2010
Source:NC Times

Abstract: That fishy package a resident brought Tuesday morning
to police headquarters turned out to be just that ---- canned salmon, in fact.

Authorities called in
the bomb squad Tuesday morning after a resident who received what he believed
to be a suspicious package in the mail brought it to police headquarters.

The package was about
the size of a half-pound coffee can and was left by the resident in a white
Toyota Camry he parked in the front lot, police said.

Police took
precautions, called the bomb squad and closed the lobby and parking lot of the
Escondido Police and Fire Department Headquarters on Centre City Parkway
shortly after 11 a.m., said Lt. Craig Carter.

Abstract: A Delta Air Lines flight from Detroit to San Diego
was diverted to Albuquerque, N.M. on Sunday after authorities investigated a
potentially threatening note found in the plane.

The 137 passengers
were allowed to reboard the Boeing 737 after it was inspected and landed in San
Diego safely around 5 p.m., nearly seven hours behind schedule.

“I have to admit, I
was really scared,” Christina Martinez, 24, a passenger from National City,
said as she waited for her luggage at Lindbergh Field. “But once we got on the
ground, it was a lot better.”

The pilot on Flight
1706 made the decision to divert the plane after a flight attendant found a
note scrawled on a napkin in the lavatory that raised fears of a bomb threat,
federal authorities said.

Passengers said the
pilot announced the note was probably a hoax, but was going to treat it as a
real threat.

FBI spokesman Frank
Fisher, who declined to provide details about the security threat, said “crew and
passengers were interviewed and a search of the plane was conducted (in New
Mexico). Nobody was injured, and no suspicious devices were found.”

No one from the
flight was detained, Fisher said.

A spokesperson for
the Transportation Security Administration said law enforcement and TSA met the
plane in Albuquerque and the plane was swept with negative findings.

Albuquerque
International Sunport spokesman Daniel Jiron said passengers aboard the flight
were interviewed, along with the crew.

Passengers were lined
up on the tarmac with their carry-on luggage and inspected with bomb dogs.
Passengers said officials led them to a hangar containing chairs, pizza, snacks
and water while they waited to reboard the plane in New Mexico.

Bernard Pope, a
professor of physics at Michigan State University who flew into San Diego with
his wife, said passengers and crew stayed calm throughout the ordeal.

“People were patient
and well behaved,” he said. “We just had to wait quite some time.”

He said authorities
handled the situation in a professional manner and he was glad they took the
threat seriously.

The flight left
Detroit at about 8:40 a.m. EST and was diverted at about 10 a.m. MDT.
Passengers were on the ground in New Mexico about six hours before the plane
was cleared for San Diego.

Several family
members and friends of the passengers on the flight said Delta initially told
them there was a mechanical problem with the aircraft, but they were later told
the diversion was due to a safety issue.

Once the passengers
were on the ground, many used their cellphones to contact loved ones to let
them know what was happening.

Teresa Burgueno from
Chula Vista was at Lindbergh to pick up her daughter, Sarah Burgueno, and her
friend, Martinez. She said she kept track of what was going on through her
daughter’s texts.

Passengers said they
were told they would receive travel vouchers for the delay. A Delta spokesman
said vouchers are often given in similar situations.

Also Sunday, a
Continental Airlines flight from Houston to Chicago was diverted to St. Louis
after a passenger tried to open the plane’s door midflight. The passenger was
taken into custody (UT
San Diego, 2011).

Abstract: A high-end Del Mar hotel was evacuated Friday
afternoon in response to a bomb threat, but authorities never located any
explosives.

Authorities said
someone called the L'Auberge Del Mar resort at 1540 Camino Del Mar shortly
before 4 p.m. and claimed there was a bomb on the premises and it would go off
in two hours.

As a precaution, hotel
officials evacuated the hotel with the help of the San Diego County Sheriff's
Department.

Deputies and a Harbor
Police bomb-sniffing dog arrived to investigate the property in response to the
threat made by an unidentified male caller.

The sheriff's department's
Bomb/Arson Unit was also summoned to the scene to investigate.

Hotel guests were
evacuated immediately.

Sam Leichman, who was
visiting from San Francisco, told 10News, "Alarms started going off [and]
they asked us to vacate the premises."

Mindy Rose, who is
visiting from Scottsdale, said she was in the shower when she heard a piercing
noise.

"I thought my
girlfriend’s iron was burning down the hotel and told her to shut it off,"
she said. "Then I called the front desk and they said, 'You guys have to
get out right now.'"

Nearby businesses
were alerted as well. Claudia Montano, who manages the La Mas Boutique, told
10News, "I just made sure I took my briefcase [and] my handbag and
ran."

Several blocks of
Camino del Mar were closed as authorities conducted the investigation.

The sheriff's
department said train service in and around the area was temporarily halted.

L'Auberge guests were
sent to several locations over the next few hours – including the beach – as
authorities investigated.

San Diego County
Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Jan Caldwell told 10News, "I can
guarantee you we are doing everything within our power as detectives and with
technology to find out who made this phone call."

However, authorities
did not find any explosives, and hotel guests were allowed to return to their
rooms just after 9 p.m (ABC
10 News, 2011).

Title:
School Locked Down After Bomb Threat
Date: September 7, 2011
Source:NBC San Diego

Abstract: A Navy corpsman turned himself in on Wednesday, after
police put San Clemente High School on lockdown after finding a note in the
corpsman's barracks.

Shortly before 9 a.m.
on Wednesday, base officials noticed Daniel Morgan, 21, was missing from the
base. After a search of his barracks, they found a note saying he had planted
an incendiary device on the school grounds, said Jim Amormino, spokesman for
the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

Police evacuated 3200
students and 180 staff members from the school to the sports field around 9
a.m.

The FBI, Orange
County Bomb Technicians, and the Orange County Fire Authority were on hand to
assess the situation.

Bomb technicians
cleared the school's gymnasium around 11:45 a.m. to allow students inside to
escape the hot sun.

District officials
released students early to go home.

Traffic was jammed
near the school and officials asked parents and other community members to
avoid the area. Security personnel were prohibiting entry.

No injuries were
reported.

School nurses were on
scene to help care for students with pre-existing health conditions, said Marcus
Walton, Chief Communications Officer for the Capistrano Unified School
District.

Police do not know
why Morgan, who was last seen around 5 p.m. Tuesday, targeted the school.

"The only
connection that we can put together this far is that San Clemente High School
is very close to Camp Pendleton," said Amormino (NBC
San Diego, 2011).

Title:
Massive Power Outage In San Diego
Date: September 8, 2011
Source:IB TimesAbstract: Over 1.4 million people are suddenly without power in
San Diego and surrounding areas in the Southwestern U.S. Thursday, just hours
after Homeland Security warned of a possible terror strike in the days leading up
to the tenth anniversary of 9/11.

The outage is
affecting San Diego and Orange County, Calif. as well as other areas served by
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), including parts of Arizona and
Mexico.

We expect power to be
out well into the night and into tomorrow in some areas, a spokesman for
SDG&E said in a news conference.

The blackout is
believed to have been caused by a severing of the transmitter line between
Arizona and California.

Essentially we have
two connections from the rest of the world: One of from the north and one is to
the east. Both connections are severed, said the SDG&E spokesman. Severe
heat could have caused the disruption, and the FBI and SDG&E have said that
the outage is not the result of a terrorist attack, NBC reported.

U.S. Homeland
Security has advised Americans to be on high alert after intelligence has
revealed a specific and credible threat of a terrorist attack to coincide with
the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center
and the Pentagon.

Three people are
believed to be planning a car-based attack, and at least one of those people
may be an American citizen.

As we know from the
intelligence gathered from the [bin Laden] raid, Al Qaeda has shown an interest
in important dates and anniversaries, such as 9/11, Department
of Homeland Security spokesman Matt Chandler said in a statement. In this
instance, it's accurate that there is specific, credible but unconfirmed threat
information.

In this instance,
it's accurate that there is specific, credible but unconfirmed threat
information, the department said. As we always do before important dates like
the anniversary of 9/11, we will undoubtedly get more reporting in the coming
days. Sometimes this reporting is credible and warrants intense focus, other
times it lacks credibility and is highly unlikely to be reflective of real
plots underway.

Regardless, we take
all threat reporting seriously, and we have taken, and will continue to take
all steps necessary to mitigate any threats that arise. We continue to ask the
American people to remain vigilant as we head into the weekend.

The San Diego Police
Department and the U.S. Customs Border Patrol were affected by the power
outage, and both are running on backup power (IB Times,
2011).

Abstract: Several flights were delayed at Lindbergh Field
Friday morning after an abandoned piece of luggage left outside Terminal 1
prompted a bomb scare, authorities said.

The luggage was
discovered on a curb in front of Alaska and United airlines about 7:30 a.m.,
according to Harbor police, who closed off the area to traffic and called in
the Metro Arson Strike Team after a patrol dog reacted to the item.

The team X-rayed the
item and discovered some type of electronic device inside that the dog reacted
to, San Diego fire-rescue spokesman Lee Swanson told reporters.

10News' media partner
the San Diego Union-Tribune reported the item was an electric heating pad.

The closed-off area
was reopened sometime after 8 a.m.

As of 10 a.m., a
total of two dozen flights were delayed on the following airlines: Alaska, Continental,
JetBlue, Southwest, United and US Airways. It was not immediately clear how
many of the 24 delayed flights were directly connected to the bomb scare but
Alaska, United and Southwest all use Terminal 1 (ABC
10 News, 2011).

San Diego police
officer David Stafford said two men started fighting Thursday night after the
game and it didn’t appear the fight had anything to do with a sports rivalry.

Stafford said the
injury did not appear to be life-threatening. The victim was treated at a
hospital for a stab wound to the abdomen.

There was no suspect
description at this time. The victim was uncooperative with police, Stafford
said (CBS
SF, 2011).

Title:
CHP Office Evacuated After Bomb Scare
Date: March 6, 2012
Source:San Diego 6 NewsAbstract: The San Diego office of the California Highway Patrol has been
evacuated after a couple brought in an 81 mm mortar into the office to have it
disposed of.

The pair went to the CHP office in the 4000 block of Pacific Highway around
8:00 a.m. and presented officers with the device, said CHP officer Jesse Udovich.

The couple told officers they found the device while cleaning out a vacant home
in Clairemont, according to firefighters.

CHP officers said the couple believed the bomb or device was not live, but CHP
officers took precautions and called for the bomb squad, Udovich said.

Pacific Highway from Taylor St. to Sea World Dr. were closed, as well as part
of the freeway until the mortar was disposed of by the bomb squad.

The mortar contained explosives but did not have a complete fuse according to,
Maurice Luque with the San Diego Fire Department.

The all clear was given at 9:45 a.m.

Anyone who finds old ordinance tat could be explosives call 911.

"Don't touch it; don't drive it to a fire station or a police
station," Luque said. "Leave it where it is, call 911, and let us
handle it" (San
Diego 6 News, 2012).

Title:
Bomb Threat Puts Two Imperial Beach Schools On Lockdown
Date: May 2, 2012
Source:CBS 8 NewsAbstract: A bomb threat prompted a lockdown Tuesday afternoon
at Mar Vista High School and a nearby elementary school in Imperial Beach.

Someone called Mar
Vista High School about 2:30 p.m. and claimed that six explosive devices had
been planted at the Elm Avenue campus, according to sheriff's officials.

Administrators kept
all students in their classrooms while deputies searched the school, Lt. Eddie
Brock said. Nearby Imperial Beach School also was locked down as a precaution.

Deputies allowed
administrators to let students go home in the late afternoon. Sheriff's
personnel continued to search the high school into the early evening before
clearing the scene.

There were no reports
that explosives or any other hazardous items were found at the schools (CBS
8 News, 2012).

Title: Mar
Vista High School On Lockdown, Second Time In Two Days
Date: May 2, 2012
Source:NBC San DiegoAbstract: Just after the principal at Mar Vista High School
congratulated students for how well they handled a bomb
threat and evacuation on Tuesday, the school was put on lockdown again.

Principal Wesley
Braddock made a two to three minute announcement over the school's PA system
Wednesday morning thanking the students for how they responded to Tuesday's
incident.

Soon after, a threat
was received by the San Diego County Sheriff's Department Imperial Beach
substation at 9:07 a.m.

According to
officials the caller claimed to be inside the school with a gun, but sheriffs
discovered that wasn't true.

Deputies and the
school would not reveal the nature of the threat but said it was received by
the district next to Mar Vista's.

After the lockdown
was lifted an hour later, the school announced close to 300 students would be
sent home to parents.

Deputies had received
a call just before 2:30 p.m. Tuesday reporting the placement of six bombs on
the campus at 505 Elm Street in Imperial Beach. Deputies found that threat to
be unfounded (NBC
San Diego, 2012).

Abstract: A cylinder that resembled a pipe bomb but turned out to be
an inert piece of military ordnance turned up Monday on an Interstate 5
transition ramp to the Coronado Bay Bridge, prompting a 90-minute closure of a
stretch of the freeway while a bomb squad examined and disposed of the object.

A motorist reported
spotting the roughly 18-inch-long tube on the roadway shortly after 8:30 a.m.,
according to the California Highway Patrol.

Southbound traffic
was temporarily diverted to state Route 94 and Park Avenue. The roadway was
reopened about 10 a.m., after an explosives team examined the object using a
camera-equipped robot, deemed it harmless and removed it from the freeway, said
Maurice Luque, a spokesman for the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.

Luque declined to
specify the precise type of ordnance involved, but said it apparently had fallen
out of a passing vehicle (ABC
10 News, 2011).

Abstract: Deputies are investigating a bomb threat that was
reported just after 7:30 p.m. today at the San Elijo Campgrounds/

According to a
spokesperson for the San Diego Sherriff’s Department, authorities secured the
area in the in the 2000 block of S. Coast Highway 101, but found no explosive
device. As of press time, no evacuations had been ordered and deputies were still
on the scene.

Abstract: San Diego Harbor Police kept the SanPark airport
parking facility on Pacific Highway shut down for approximately two hours
Wednesday afternoon in response to a suspicious package placed in a vehicle.

Around noon, a
SanPark worker witnessed someone placing a plastic bag on the seat of a pickup
owned by Ace Parking. He told police that he thought he saw wires protruding
from a cylindrical object inside the bag.

Police then called
the city’s Metro Arson Strike Team, who in turn called San Diego Fire-Rescue’s
Bomb Squad. The Bomb Squad used a robot to open the package and discovered it
contained an ammunition magazine for a .22 caliber rifle.

The lot was reopened
around 2 p.m. when the area was deemed safe. An investigation as to who left
the package and why is ongoing (SD
Reader, 2012).

Abstract: A man was arrested today for allegedly making several
phony bomb threats in Ocean Beach.

A woman called San
Diego police shortly before 10 a.m. to report that a man had just put something
into a public mail dropbox at the corner of Ebers Street and West Point Loma
Boulevard and told her it was a bomb, SDPD Sgt. Ray Battrick said.

Officers shut down
traffic lanes in the area while a bomb squad investigated and determined no
explosive materials were in or around the receptacle.

Another woman,
meanwhile, made an emergency call to report that a man confronted her at nearby
Robb Field Park, threatened her and claimed to be carrying a bomb, according to
Battrick.

Officers went to the
park and arrested Kreighton Kilgore, 28, on suspicion of issuing criminal
threats and making false reports about bombs, the sergeant said.

No explosive
materials were found at the park or in Kilgore's car, which was parked in the
area (KPBS,
2012).

Abstract: Have you ever been involved in a movie theater bomb scare?
A screening of The Birth of a Nation that I helped to arrange for a
college film society in Chicago was met with threats of violence. (The caller
said that a bomb had been placed in the women's restroom.) Two off-duty Chicago
policemen did everything short of frisking the audience as they entered.

The premiere of The
Last Temptation of Christ brought out every religious nutjob in the Windy
City. The Biograph Theatre had received so many threats they were forced to
position four armed security officers in each corner of the auditorium during
every showing the day it opened.

Needless to say, all
of the above mentioned incidents ended peacefully and took place long before
some erudite Bozo-haired fanboy decided to make a name for himself by killing
12 people and wounding 58 others at a theater in Aurora, Colorado.

It wasn't long before
the diseased copycat cockroaches began crawling out of the tivoli lights,
causing more panic among moviegoers. Last Saturday night, during a screening of
The Dark Knight Rises at AMC Mission Valley, a San Diego audience had a
joker of their own to contend with.

Approximately two
hours into the 8pm screening, the houselights went up and an employee entered
the auditorium asking that the theater be cleared. U-T
San Diego staff reporter Jonathan Horn was in the audience. According to
the paper, "A worker was later overheard saying that a suspicious-looking
bag had been spotted inside one theater showing The Dark Knight Rises."

The interruption
lasted five minutes before the audience was allowed to return and finish the
picture.

I love it when art
shows that is still has a capacity to piss people off, but what happened in
Colorado was not the work of an artist. The movies are our communal home and
I'll be goddamned if I'm going to let a few headline-hogging sociopaths ruin it
for the rest of us. It's bad enough that most of what shows on-screen is a
bomb. We cannot allow threats and violence to keep us from going to the movies.
Now, more than ever, is the time to get more out of life...go to a movie! (SD
Reader, 2012).

The men were working
in a parking lot of an apartment building on Market and 22nd streets about 9
a.m. when they found the object in some debris, San Diego fire department
spokesman Maurice Luque said.

It was sitting next
to an aerosol can and charred pieces of tarp, Luque said.

The object was made
of galvanized pipe about 8 to 10 inches long and 2½ inches in diameter with
caps on both ends, Luque said.

Bomb squad experts
shot the end off the object and determined that it was harmless.

The pipe had drug
residue inside, Luque said.

Market Street was
shut down between 22nd and 23rd streets until about 11 a.m., when the area was
cleared and residents were allowed back into their homes (UT
San Diego, 2012).

Abstract:Mexico has
deported to the United States a US citizen of Russian origin who allegedly
threatened to bomb a courthouse in California, police here said Monday.

Georgiy Chipunov, 28,
was handed over to US authorities Sunday after his arrest in the northwest border
city of Tijuana, a Mexican police official told AFP.

"Chipunov
threatened to blow up the federal courthouse of San Diego, California and kill
judges and officials," said Alfredo Arenas Moreno, international relations
coordinator for police in the Mexican state of Baja California.

The suspect is
considered a "dangerous terrorist" by US authorities who also accused
him of cyber-terrorism, Arenas Moreno said.

US officials said
Chipunov made his threats last week in emails that were traced back to San Antonio
del Mar, a tourist complex in Tijuana some 20 kilometres from the US border.

He was arrested over
the weekend after the San Diego sheriff's department requested help from
Mexican authorities in Baja California (Australian,
2012).

Title:
Russian-American Accused Of Bomb Threats Against El Cajon Courthouse
Date: August 22, 2012
Source:Santee PatchAbstract: A Russian-born U.S. citizen accused of threatening a
sheriff's deputy and a judge at the El Cajon courthouse pleaded not guilty
Tuesday to felony charges.

Georgiy Chipunov, 28,
faces up to three years and eight months in prison if convicted of two counts
of making a false bomb threat.

Chipunov—who was
detained Thursday in Tijuana and turned over to U.S. authorities—has his bail
set at $1 million.

A news release from
the Baja California Public Safety Secretariat described the defendant as "a
dangerous Russian terrorist" who had "threatened to explode the
installations of the court in San Diego ... as well as kill judges and
officials."

The alleged threats
led to the closing of the courthouse for two days, according to the statement.

San Diego County
Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Jan Caldwell would only say that Chipunov was
arrested for allegedly "sending threatening emails" to the deputy and
the judge.

Chipunov will be back
in court Monday for a bail review. A preliminary hearing was set for Sept. 4 (Santee
Patch, 2012).

Abstract: At approximately 3:30pm a bomb threat was called in
to the U.S. Bank branch at San Diego State University. The West Commons
building was immediately evacuated and an alert was sent out warning all to
stay clear of the area.

At approximately
4:45pm three bomb sniffing dogs were brought in to sweep the building.

After an
investigation by SDSU Police and the bomb unit, the all clear was given at
5:35pm. The building is now safe to re-enter. SDSU PD will continue its
investigation to find the suspect who called in the threat (KPBS,
2012).

Title:
Bomb Threat Forces Evac Of San Rafael High School
Date: August 30, 2012
Source:UT San DiegoAbstract: Students at a Marin County high school that was
evacuated after a bomb threat have returned to class.

Authorities searched
Terra Linda High School in San Rafael after the threat was called in Thursday
morning. The students were evacuated to the football field, but were allowed to
return to class later in the morning.

San Rafael police Lt.
Alan Piombo says the threat is believed to be a prank. The caller had
apparently mentioned one particular campus building.

Abstract: A bogus bomb threat issued by a pair of would-be bank
robbers -- one taking part in the crime via telephone -- forced the full
evacuation and closure of a large South Bay strip mall for several hours
Thursday.

The failed holdup
attempt began about 9:15 a.m., when a tall, thin woman entered a Chase bank
branch in the 1100 block of
East Plaza Boulevard in National City, carrying two bags and wearing a
hooded sweatshirt with the head covering pulled tight across her face, leaving
only her eyes visible, according to police.

As alarmed employees
watched, the woman put down the sacks -- one red and the other green -- on the
floor of the lobby, Sgt. Mike Harlan said. Moments later, a man telephoned and
told a worker the green bag contained a bomb that would be detonated unless the
red one was filled with $100,000 in cash.

The masked woman then
ran out of the bank, after which the bank workers made a 911 call and cleared
everyone out of the office, Harlan said. Patrol officers arrived about two
minutes later, surrounded the strip mall and evacuated the roughly two dozen
businesses inside it, he said.

Police simultaneously
searched the area for the robbers by ground and air.

A sheriff's bomb
squad was sent in to determine if the bomb threat was valid, the sergeant said.
The team sent in a robot with X-ray and video capabilities into the bank to
look over the bags.

About 11:30 a.m., the
explosives squad remotely detonated the sacks, determining that nothing hazardous
had been inside them, police Sgt. Dennis Leach said. A short time later,
authorities reopened the shopping center to workers and the public, he said.

Next to a
free-standing kiosk near the bank, investigators found the female bandit's
hooded jacket. A witness reported seeing her take the garment off and throw it
to the ground while fleeing the area on foot to the west, Harlan said (CBS
8 News, 2012).

Title:
Suspicious Package Shuts Down Temecula Bank
Date: October 18, 2012
Source:NC TimesAbstract: A suspicious package reported Thursday morning forced
the closure of the Bank of America on Ynez Road, the branch near the Rancho
California Road intersection, and the stretch of Ynez that fronts the bank.

The package, which
turned out to be nonexplosive, was disposed of by the county's bomb squad,
authorities said.

At around 9 a.m.,
someone called to report the package and police officers responded, evacuating
the bank, the parking lot and shutting down traffic on Ynez.

It took about three
hours to dispose of the package and reopen Ynez for traffic (NC
Times, 2012).

Abstract: A package was left in front of San Diego Central Jail
Saturday and prompted a response from the bomb squad, but turned out to be a
backpack full of paper, police said.

The "suspicious
device" was reported in front of the facility at 1173 Front St. at 9:54
a.m., according to a San Diego Fire-Rescue Department dispatcher.

A sheriff's deputy at
the jail found the package leaning up against a gate, according to San Diego
police Officer Frank Cali.

The San Diego
Fire-Rescue Department's bomb squad was called in to investigate, the
dispatcher said. A fire engine and a medic were called in as a precaution, he
said.

Sheriff's officials
reviewed video surveillance recordings and saw a transient man take off his
backpack, set it down in front of the facility and walk away, Cali said. The
backpack contained only papers, he said (CBS
8 News, 2012).